Romans (moon craters)

Romans
Römer (top left) and surroundings ( LROC -WAC)
position	25.38 °  N , 36.42 °  E Coordinates: 25 ° 22 '48 "  N , 36 ° 25' 12"  E
diameter	41 km
depth	3500 m
Card sheet	43 (PDF)
Named after	Ole Rømer (1644-1710)
Named since	1935
Unless otherwise stated, the information comes from the entry in the IAU / USGS database

Römer is an impact crater on the northeastern front of the moon on the northern edge of the Sinus Amoris , east of Le Monnier and west of Macrobius . The crater wall is terraced and shows traces of extensive landslides. The interior has a central mountain .

To the west of the crater, the lunar groove structure of the Rimae Römer run in a north-westerly direction.

List of side craters from Römer

Letter	position	diameter	link
A.	28.11 °  N , 37.13 °  O	35 km	[1]
B.	28.52 °  N , 38.09 °  E	23 km	[2]
C.	27.63 °  N , 37.05 °  O	7 km	[3]
D.	24.51 °  N , 35.81 °  O	12 km	[4]
E.	28.47 °  N , 39.19 °  O	31 km	[5]
F.	27.19 °  N , 37.25 °  E	23 km	[6]
G	26.82 °  N , 36.24 °  O	15 km	[7]
H	25.94 °  N , 35.72 °  O	6 km	[8th]
J	22.36 °  N , 37.95 °  O	8 kilometers	[9]
M.	25.29 °  N , 34.61 °  O	9 km	[10]
N	25.22 °  N , 37.86 °  E	28 km	[11]
P	26.54 °  N , 39.81 °  O	59 km	[12]
R.	24.19 °  N , 34.51 °  O	48 km	[13]
S.	24.88 °  N , 36.78 °  E	43 km	[14]
T	23.82 °  N , 36.18 °  O	48 km	[15]
U	24.28 °  N , 39.16 °  O	27 km	[16]
V	24.39 °  N , 38.68 °  E	27 km	[17]
W.	26.41 °  N , 40.4 °  E	7 km	[18]
X	24.26 °  N , 40.15 °  O	24 km	[19]
Y	25.72 °  N , 36.31 °  O	6 km	[20]
Z	24.11 °  N , 37 °  E	11 km	[21]

The crater was officially named by the IAU in 1935 after the Danish astronomer Ole Rømer .

Web links

• Römer in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
• Romans on The-Moon Wiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ John E. Westfall: Atlas of the Lunar Terminator. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 2000, ISBN 0-521-59002-7 .